Abstract

The demand of rice seed in Ramgram municipality is increasing at increasing rate every year but the supply is not sufficient to
meet the demand. As well, the analysis on its economic aspect is also lacking far behind. A survey research was carried out in Ramgram
Municipality of Nawalparasi District, Nepal with the aim to investigate the socio-economic aspects of rice seed and grain production.
A purposive random sampling technique was used to select 60 Households (sample size) for the collection of data regarding
rice seed and grain production system by means of pre-structured and pretested questionnaire. The study revealed that the respondents
practicing rice seed production have higher years of schooling and trainings attended than the respondents practicing rice
grain production. Further, the study showed that the gross income received from rice seed production was higher than that of grain
production. The study also showed that the seed producers are in direct exposure to quality seed and fertilizer subsidy leading to low
production cost. On an average the BCR of grain production was found to be 1.93 and that of seed production was found to be 2.67.